2016 Year in Review

Happy New Year from the prpl Foundation! 2016 was a great year for prpl, an open-source, non-profit foundation focused on data center-to-device portable software and virtualized architectures, and for the markets we serve.

We're kicking off this issue of our new quarterly newsletter with a look back at prpl's activities over the past year. Clearly there is a lot here; we hope this gives you an idea of the many important initiatives in which prpl is involved. Below are the top 2016 announcements, articles, interviews and videos. I'd like to draw particular attention to the new strategic alliances we formed late last year with CABA - an international smart building association - and with the IoTSF - a UK based security initiative. We expect these alliances to provide big benefits to our respective members. See the new member section below. Enjoy!

Also, please see us at the embedded world conference, March 14-16, 2017 at the Exhibition Centre in Nürnberg, Germany. To set up a meeting with prpl executives at embedded world, please contact us.

Reports and White Papers

Research Findings from a prpl Foundation Study, September 2016. Smart device adoption has reached a tipping point - the smart home is already here! But, the smart home is woefully insecure due to users’ failure to follow best practices. Smart home users do prefer security to usability, and are prepared to take more responsibility.Download the report here.

This technical note describes how to build and run a secure application according to the principles set forth by the prpl Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Embedded Computing. It demonstrates a real world implementation of the multi-domain security provided by the prplSecurity™ framework including: the prplHypervisor™, prplSecureInterVM™ communications, and prplPUF™ APIs. Download the report here.

Security is a core requirement for manufacturers, developers, service providers and other stakeholders who produce and use connected devices. Most of these – especially those used on the “Internet of Things” – rely on a complex web of embedded systems. Securing these is a major challenge, and failure to do so can result in significant harm to individuals, businesses and to nations. Guidance in this report provided by prpl Foundation will help stakeholders address the challenges to securing embedded devices.Download the report here.

prpl.works is an online community by and for open source developers and users, highlighting the open source work of prpl Foundation and its members, to encourage collaboration across the community. Current subgroups include:

prplSecurity™ – Links and resources from the prpl security engineering group

Android MIPS – Tips and builds for Android integration with MIPS

Linux MIPS – Tips, resources and a link to the Linux MIPS website

prplWrt– Tips, resources and links to the prpl engineering group (PEG) supporting OpenWrt

OVP – Forums, resources and links to the Open Virtual Platforms (OVP) website